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Spellathon List 1
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Before suffixes
Drop the - e before suffixes beginning with a vowel, such as - ing, - er, - able.
Keep it before consonants, such as – ly.
| Word + | -ing | -ed | -er | -able | - est | -ly | -s |
| write | writing | --- | writer | writable | Writes | ||
| come | coming | --- | comer | --- | comes | ||
| have | having | --- | --- | --- | has (exeption) | ||
| make | making | --- | maker | makeable | makes | ||
| use | using | used | user | useable/usable | uses | ||
| love | loving | loved | lover | loveable/lovable | love ly | loves | |
| change | changing | changed | changer | changeable | changes | ||
| manage | managing | managed | manager | manageable | manages | ||
| nice | - | - | nicer | - | nicest | nicely | - |
Exceptions:
1a. Keep the - e
| in -ee, -oe, -ye | and also in the verb to be |
| see - seeing, agree - agreeing, canoe - canoeist, dye - dyeing | be - being |
1b. Keep it after the -ge - and the -ce - to keep them soft.
| manage – manageable change - changeable knowledge - knowledgeable | Notice - noticeable replace - replaceable service – serviceable |
1c. Some words have two possible forms before -able.
like - likeable/likable
move - moveable/movable
love - loveable/lovable
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- Final – e.
2.1. Open/closed syllable
| at | ate | quit | quite | pet | Pete |
| hat | hate | bit | bite | on | one |
| mat | mate | rid | ride | hop | hope |
| mad | made | strip | stripe | breath | breathe |
| scrap | scrape | slim | slime | cub | cube |
2.2. Changes the way –c and –g sounds
| - c | - g | ||
| civic | mince | hug | huge |
| volcanic | race | rag | rage |
| alcoholic | grace | ||
| athletics | service |
2.3. In suffixes
| - ous | -ce (noun) | -se / - ze (verb) |
| dangerous famous | practice advice | practice (BrE) advise |
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Challenge yourself to a dictation test: https://howtospell.co.uk/magic-e-test
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Spellathon List 3: -ie- or -ei-
| Rule | Examples |
| I before E | achieve, believe, brief, chief, friend, grief, hygiene, patience, pierce, priest, thief |
| except after C | ceiling, conceit, conceive, deceit, deceive, perceive, receipt, receive |
| or when sounding like AY | beige, feint, freight, inveigle, neighbour, sleigh, vein, weigh, weight |
Here are some common exceptions to the above rule:
either, neither, caffeine, codeine, counterfeit, foreign, forfeit, height, leisure, protein, their, weird, seize, seizure
Spellathon List 2
scent science scene discipline fascinate crescent scientist scenery
descend scissors ascend scented ascent descent scythe muscle
obscene abscess adolescent disciple
Spellathon List 1
Morphology -ion
| -tion | -sion | -cion |
| In most cases detection prevention revolution After " -ate" vaccination education | [zh] collision; division; revision; persuasion; explosion; decision; After " -L", " -n", " -r" compulsion; expulsion; propulsion. After " –d" or " –se" aversion; conversion; comprehension; diversion; extension; version expansion Root –s + -ion Expression | Only two words suspicion coercion |